There were four award winners last week and they were all well-deserved for a range of achievements such as kindness and consideration towards others and super tidying. Here are the proud winners with their certificates.
Last week the morning children had a visit from the Financial Education Officer who provided a range of activities to involve the children in thinking about money and how we use it.
It comes as no surprise that they had lots of ideas about how they like to spend money and they enjoyed taking part in the interactive reading session which included lots of rhyme and actions. There was an activity to learn about the value of different coins and the children then had great fun making rubbings of coins. Thank you very much to Bev, the Financial Education Officer. We look forward to your visit next term when the afternoon children will enjoy learning about money with you.
As part of our work on Chinese New Year, a little dragon came to visit us in Nursery which prompted a discussion about what we would do if we got a pet dragon for our birthday. This was an exciting idea for most children and they thought carefully about how they would look after a pet like that.
Sophie S: I’d keep it in my bed. I’ve got a big, big bed for dragons. You could take it up to the park on the swings.
Hollie: it would sleep on the couch ’cause my bed’s only little. It would eat stones.
Fay: I’d give it oranges to eat because they’re so sweet.
Jade S: he would sleep next to me and keep me warmer than my hot water bottle. He would have chicken breast, peas and broccoli for tea. Me and the dragon would have a feast every night.
Aoife: I’d take it to my house and on a walk. Dragons eat apples.
Sophie M: I’d take him down the river to get some fish. He could roast it himself by breathing fire.
Sian: it would sleep under my bed and eat sausages and peas.
Oliver: I’d keep it where it would be safe – in a cage so it wouldn’t run away.
Effy: if I had a dragon, I’d keep it in a tent inside. You’d need a big tent. I’d feed it leaves.
Conan: I’d keep it in a cage but inside to keep it warm. I’d give it chicken and peas.
Willow: I’d keep it in my tree house. My Mummy said it’s for your teddies and your dragon.
Torrin: I’d keep it in a basket made out of metal with a metal lid and a lock so it can’t get out. I’d give it something to eat after it had a sleep. It might run away to a knight’s home.
Ewan: I’d keep my dragon in my wardrobe so it wouldn’t fly away.
Zander: he would sleep under my bed to keep my feet warm. I’d give him macaroni.
Dylan: I’d keep him under the bed and give him spaghetti.
Theo: I’d keep it in the living room on the couch. I’d give it cereal – I think it would like Cheerios.
Ben: it would sleep in my cat’s room and eat pizza with pepperoni.
What a lot of super ideas and there were many more. So now we have plenty suggestions of what to do if a dragon ever comes to stay.
Our Family Breakfast event last week was very well attended on both days. This was a new venture organised with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, as a celebration of our learning about Scotland and it seemed to be a popular addition to our family activities.
Thank you to all the adults who joined in the spirit of the occasion by singing along with the children and encouraging them to try the breakfast on offer. Cereal, various fruits, tattie scones and oatcakes provided a range of foods and most children enjoyed a good breakfast. We were delighted that some were encouraged to taste something they had not had before and found out that they actually liked it.
We hope that some of you have tried the recipes on the back of our menus with the children at home and look forward to hearing about it from them in Nursery.
Here are some photos of the Sunshine families having breakfast on Thursday. We will post the Rainbow Room photos soon.
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Last week’s award winners received certificates for a range of achievements and they were very well deserved. Congratulations to all three of you!
As promised, we wanted to share some photos from our afternoon Burns celebration. As you can see, the children looked great wearing tartan and most were keen to sample the shortbread, oatcakes, cheese and Irn Bru. Despite low numbers on Monday afternoon, most of the children showed themselves to be confident performers and families and friends looked suitably proud of their performance. Well done boys and girls!
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We would like to remind everyone that we will be holding a small Burns celebration in Nursery tomorrow, 26th January. It would add to the occasion if the children could wear a little ‘touch o’ tartan’ if possible to help us to celebrate in style but the main thing is simply to come and enjoy the day.
The children have done well this week learning their Scottish songs and are looking forward to performing them tomorrow to their families at the end of the Nursery sessions (11.45 and 2.50).
As part of our transition work, Primary 6 children visit Nursery every week to play and build relationships with our children. They have worked on what makes a good buddy and are showing great enthusiasm and skills with the younger children. Thank you Primary 6 and those children from Primary 7/6 who have been doing a great job. Keep up the good work – the Nursery children enjoy your visits.
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Here are the proud recipients of certificates from last week. Both children received their awards for being particularly kind and helpful when we had visits from the children who will start Nursery in January. Well done both of you. We are sure that you made our visitors feel welcome on their first visit to Nursery.
